MICROWAVE INDUCED SINGLE STEP GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SOME NOVEL 2-ARYL ALDEHYDES AND THEIR ANALOGUES

摘要

A microwave-induced process for the preparation of 2-aryl and 2,2-diaryl aldehydes and analogues wherein halohydrin formation and subsequent rearrangement to 2-aryl aldehydes from corresponding aryl alkanols occurs without formation of an intermediate epoxide or use of transition metal catalysts or lewis acids/bases.